Definition of crane effect

A state of guilty, post-coital tristesse, in which one is left staring at the ceiling and wishing that it would open up and a crane would come in and lift one to a reality where what has just happened is revealed as merely a bad dream.

I was left staring at the ceiling, experiencing a powerful Crane Effect.

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Definitions include: the theory / idea that a single butterfly (for example: by flapping its wings) can change the entire course of history, from little changes in the world building on each other to become bigger changes.